SOLUTION: 5 cards were dealtfrom a deck of 52 cards. Wahts the probability that 4 aces show up?

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Question 141705: 5 cards were dealtfrom a deck of 52 cards. Wahts the probability that 4 aces show up?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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5 cards were dealt from a deck of 52 cards. Wahts the probability that 4 aces show up?
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# of ways to pick 4 aces: 4C4 = 1
# of ways to pick the 5th card = 48
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# of ways to get a hand of 4 aces and one other card: 1*48 = 48
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# of ways to pick 5 cards of any kind 52C5 = 2598960
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Prob(5card hand with 4 aces) = 48/2598960 = 0.0000184689...
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Stan H.